For a better GOP, start with better storytellers

10:20 AM,
Sep. 5, 2013

Written by

Jonah Goldberg

It's no secret that the right is going through what some call a healthy debate and what others see as an identity crisis.

For some, the solution to what ails conservatism requires a sudden philosophical shift leftward to win back the last Rockefeller Republicans, presumably hanging on in nursing homes like stranded Japanese fighters who haven't gotten word World War II is over. Others argue that Republicans must shake off the heresies of moderation and compromise and accept the unalloyed true faith of 100 percent conservatism.